With the encouragement of Jinguji Budo, Kurumiya Sora walked to the sideline with the basketball and prepared to serve.
The ball is still in the hands of their yellow team, and this round of attack has not yet ended.
Miyagi Ryouta stood on the court, one meter away from Kurumiya Sora, waving his arms in front of his opponent's eyes, trying to interfere with his serve.
Miyagi is taller than Sora Kurumi. Under his defense, it is not easy for Sora Kurumi to pass the ball with his height.
However, Kurumiya Sora obviously knew his own shortcomings. He made a misdirected pass to Katsume Ichiro near the three-point line, and then quickly passed the ball to the inside.
When he passed the ball, Sakuragi Hanamichi happened to come to the outside to receive the ball, and the basketball was directly taken by Sakuragi.
The moment the basketball was passed, Sora Kurumiya also ran quickly towards the inside. When he passed Sakuragi Hanamichi, Sora Kurumiya turned his head to look at Sakuragi Hanamichi.
Their eyes met.
Sakuragi Hanamichi saw expectation and determination in Kurumiya Sora's eyes. Without hesitation, he pushed the ball to his side and threw it directly in front of Kurumiya Sora.
“Bang!”
Che Gukong didn't stop for a moment. He stretched out his hand to flick the ball, then sped up and rushed towards the basket. At this moment, Che Gukong who was attacking the basket was like a cheetah moving at high speed!
“Stop him!”
Under the basket, a member of the red team shouted a warning as they watched Kurumi Sora's charge.
The inside player guarding the basket took a look at Oda Ryumasa who quickly cut into the inside. After hesitating for a moment, he did not choose to move up to defend, but continued to stand under the basket, waiting for Kurumiya Sora's attack to come.
He felt that with Kurumi Sora's height, even if he allowed the opponent to get under the basket, he would not be able to cause any effective damage.
"squeak!
!”
At this moment, Kurumi Sora, who was traveling at high speed while being chased by Miyagi Ryouta, suddenly stopped, then took a side step and quickly distanced himself from Miyagi Ryouta who was chasing him.
Then, after seeing Miyagi's slightly surprised look, Kurumi Sora moved to the middle distance and jumped lightly, shooting the basketball in his hand.
“Swish!
”
Amid the astonished gazes of the crowd, the basketball flew directly towards the basket, and then fell steadily into the net with a crisp sound.
As the basketball went into the net, Sakuragi Hanamichi looked at Kurumiya Sora in surprise, unable to believe that this series of quick stop and side-step shooting movements could actually come from his hands.
"In?!"
"The rhythm of the sudden stop is well controlled, the side steps are very smooth, and the shooting posture is also very stable."
“Not a rookie.”
Although Sakuragi Hanamichi's skills are only mediocre, he has been playing basketball for so long that his vision has been developed.
After seeing this round of attack by Sora Kurumiya, Sakuragi Hanamichi immediately refreshed his impression of Sora Kurumiya.
This short guy is the type who can shoot and break through!
“Pah..Pah..Pah…”
At the side of the field, Jinguji Budo saw Kurumiya Sora successfully score a goal, and he clapped his hands with a smile. Then he shouted to Miyagi Ryouta on the field:
"Miyagi, this first-year transfer student shit on your head!"
"You're not such a coward, are you?!"
Kurumiya Sora originally thought that Jinguji Takeshi was applauding to cheer him up, but he didn't expect that Jinguji Takeshi would actually speak directly to provoke Miyagi Ryouta, who was facing him.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Miyagi Ryouta's expression froze slightly, and there was no trace of a smile on his face anymore.
When Kurumi Sora inadvertently caught sight of Miyagi Ryouta, his whole body trembled subconsciously, and a trace of fear rose in his heart.
It's not that he was afraid to compete with Miyagi Ryouta, but he saw a strong murderous intent in Miyagi's eyes.
It seemed as if the other party would rush over and hit him in the next second... .
"Everyone cheer up!"
"We absolutely cannot lose to Team Yellow!"
“If we lose the game, everyone on the team will run ten laps around the playground!
!”
Miyagi Ryouta's competitive spirit came up, and he shouted directly to the players behind him. Hearing Miyagi's words, all the members of the red team also responded. In order to avoid corporal punishment, the members of the red team decided to fight hard, and the morale of the whole team was immediately high.
"What?!"
"asshole!"
"We absolutely cannot lose to Team Yellow!"
“If we lose, the whole team will run 15 laps!
”
Sakuragi Hanamichi obviously felt that his opponent's momentum was rising under the cheers of Miyagi Ryouta.
When it comes to setting limits on himself and imposing corporal punishment, Sakuragi Hanamichi's damn desire to win is still at work. Even if it's corporal punishment, he doesn't want to be outdone by the other party, so he also shouts loudly.
Even the number of laps he ran was 5 more than his opponent... .
However, unlike what Sakuragi expected, the voices of his teammates responded much more quietly... .
The practice match continued. After Sora Kurumiya took control of the ball, the Yellow Team's offensive methods became more diverse. In addition to the inside attacks of Hanamichi Sakuragi and Ryumasa Oda, Sora Kurumiya also frequently launched attacks from the outside.
At the beginning, Miyagi Ryouta was not familiar with this first-year opponent. He thought that the opponent was just a first-year who was good at breaking through and mid-range shooting.
However, as the game progressed, Kurumi Sora showed his terrifying three-point shooting ability!
Yes, this first-year student who is only a little over 150cm tall is best at shooting, and... he is very accurate in three-point shooting!
He vaguely has the ability that Mitsui Shou had when he first entered high school!
The opponent's offensive ability really had a good effect. Miyagi Ryouta was not careful for a moment and was scored several three-pointers by the opponent.
However, after Miyagi Ryouta got to know Kurumiya Sora, Kurumiya Sora's outside shooting was no longer effective.
He is not as tall as Miyagi, and his jumping ability is only slightly better than Miyagi Ryouta, which is not enough to make up for his disadvantages in height and wingspan.
After Miyagi was prepared, Kurumiya Sora's attack was ineffective.
What bothered Kurumiya Sora the most was that Miyagi Ryouta liked physical confrontation when defending him. Kurumiya Sora simply couldn't understand why this main point guard of Xiangbei High School, who was also a short player, liked physical confrontation? !
During a normal game, for a player of Ryouta Miyagi's height to use physical confrontation with his opponent is really like throwing an egg against a stone, isn't it
The defensive style that Kurumiya Sora is good at is completely different from that of Miyagi Ryouta. He likes to use his height and agility to keep a certain distance from his opponents to create opportunities for himself to steal the ball!
However, how could Kurumiya Sora realize that the opponents he had encountered before and the opponents that Miyagi Ryouta often encountered were on completely different levels.
In the high school game, if a short guard wants to defend the opponent well, he can’t do it without trying his best!
As for relying on steals to defend? Don't be ridiculous. No matter how good a player is, how many steals can he make in a game? If there are no steals, do we have to rely on "visual" defense? !
To get a steal opportunity, players not only need to be able to "grab" it, but also need to know how to actively create it!
Playing for a weak team like Kuzuryu High School and having little experience in regular competitions, Sora Kurumiya obviously has no way of understanding Ryouta Miyagi.
And in his first game for Xiangbei, he played quite uncomfortably.
The restrictions that Miyagi Ryouta placed on him were simply too great.
Kurumiya Sora was completely suppressed by Miyagi Ryouta on the offensive end, but the team's operation did not have too many problems. Kurumiya Sora had a hard time breaking through Miyagi Ryouta alone, but if he just passed the ball and helped the team organize the offense, he could still do it.
In the lower left position assisted by Sora Kurumi, without anyone saying anything, Sakuragi Hanamichi felt that he was playing very comfortably.
Sora Kurumiya has a good observation ability. Although he has only played a few games with Sakuragi Hanamichi, he has already mastered the key points of "using" Sakuragi.
Therefore, the offensive efficiency of the Yellow Team is generally good.
Sakuragi Hanamichi scored frequently, but only made occasional mistakes.
The Yellow Team played well, but the Red Team played really well.
Miyagi Ryouta is an old team member and knows the characteristics of his teammates very well. He has no problem connecting the Red Team's offense. Even Miyagi Ryouta himself frequently used his body to single out Kurumi Sora and repeatedly broke into the inside to cause damage.
The Yellow Team's defense line was completely destroyed by Miyagi Ryouta's team.
Under the successive bombardment of several players, the Yellow Team's defense line was completely lost.
...
The sun sets.
“Huh…Huh…”
On the playground of Xiangbei High School, Kurumi Sora was breathing heavily and trying to take steps to follow the team members in front of him.
His yellow team lost the game... .
And the words that Sakuragi Hanamichi said in a rage were taken seriously by the captain Jinguji Takeshi... .
After the game, they rested for an hour and then were taken to the playground for a penalty run. Luckily, Captain Jinguji was kind enough not to ask them to run laps right after the game, otherwise... Kurumiya Sora really felt like he was going to faint.
But even so, Kurumiya Sora still felt that Xiangbei's training was too "rich" and the intensity was also very high.
They were running laps in the playground, and the players in the Xiangbei basketball hall were not idle either, but they were running laps without a ball, and the players inside were just running laps with a ball... .
"Shohoku High School..."
“It’s really different!
”
“I will definitely establish myself in Xiangbei!
”
Thinking of this, Che Gukong felt that the soreness in his muscles was much less. He quickened his pace and soon passed the red-haired boy in front of him.
"oh?!"
"You look very energetic! Kurumiya Sora!"
“Ohhhh!
I can’t lose to you either!”
Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was overtaken by Kurumiya Sora, suddenly "got excited", and quickened his pace while shouting strangely, leaving Kurumiya Sora behind in an instant. Kurumiya Sora wanted to speed up to catch up with Sakuragi Hanamichi, but in just a few breaths, Sakuragi Hanamichi had left him several meters behind.
Looking at the slowly receding back of Sakuragi Hanamichi, Kurumiya Sora was speechless for a long time.
If he remembered correctly...
Sakuragi Hanamichi had just finished playing the whole game, and without much rest, he went to participate in shooting training, and then ran laps with them. This was... .the tenth lap... .
"Is that guy a monster?!"
Che Gukong sighed inwardly, and felt firsthand what it meant to be... the gap!
... .
Transfer student Sora Kurumiya officially becomes a member of the Shohoku High School basketball team.
Due to his outstanding performance in the practice match, Kurumi Sora successfully skipped the third team and directly entered the second team to train with the players of the second team.
For high school students this semester, the most important and most anticipated event is the Autumn National Games.
This is a large-scale competition with participants from different counties.
Although it is the most important competition for high school students, in fact, the Autumn National Games has nothing to do with many high school students.
The most important purpose of this semester is to allow each team to adjust its team and consolidate its foundation.
Players in their third year of high school will basically leave the team in the summer, and there are no other major competitions this semester. For most of the players, this is the best opportunity to improve their strength.
However, for some outstanding players, this semester is also a semester of competing for honors!
...
"Coach Anxi, the arrangements for the Autumn National Games have been sent down."
"As the famous coach who led Shohoku High School to win the national championship, you will be the head coach of the Kanagawa Prefecture team in this year's autumn national sports event!"
"This is the team building plan report, please take a look."
Early in the morning of that day, a middle-aged man in a suit and tie came to the staff office where Coach Anxi worked. After being led by Coach Anxi to a seat nearby, the middle-aged man took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Coach Anxi.
“Hohohoho.”
"OK."
Coach Anxi took the document, opened it, pulled out a stack of A4 paper, and then carefully reviewed the contents.
At the same time, the middle-aged man looked at Coach Anxi and said:
"This year, we have made some adjustments to the way we recruit members for the Kanagawa Prefecture representative team."
"What they mean is that they want to conduct a large-scale screening and abolish the previous method of each high school nominating players for training."
"The purpose is to prevent some coaches from cheating for personal gain and secretly withholding truly capable and talented players from having the opportunity to participate in the competition."
"This year, our county plans to adopt a full-member training and elimination approach to select players for the representative team."
"All high school students of appropriate age can participate in the selection!"
“Although the workload is much greater than in previous years, this approach is more transparent and reasonable for high school students.”
When Coach Anxi heard this arrangement, he raised his head in surprise.
"The whole county?"
Looking at the middle-aged man in confusion, Coach Anxi couldn't help but ask.
"Yes! The whole county!"
"The leadership intends to conduct a pilot project in Kanagawa Prefecture to recruit all the best talents!"
The middle-aged man nodded and said with a smile.
“That’s a really big project.”
"How long will the selection take? The players are still students, and for them, academics are the most important thing."
"It would be bad if I had to delay my studies for the Autumn National Games trials."
“What are you going to do with this method of selecting materials?”
Coach Anxi shook the information in his hand, raised his head and asked in confusion.
“Professionalization of campus basketball!”
“Next, we’ll implement this!”
"Don't worry about the players affecting their studies. Those with poor skills will be eliminated within a week and will not be affected in their studies."
“Those with good skills who can make it past the preliminary round will also be noticed by universities.”
"The top few will have the opportunity to join the national team directly in the future and receive professional training!"
"Coach Anzai, we want to be... the best in Asia!
”
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